Auto Accidents Claim Multiple Lives Over Weekend
A lake drowning in Kinderhook with a snowmobile plunging through ice took Stephen Gar Smith 11 and Amy Susan Smith 6 of Niverville. Their father Arthur W. Smith survived. Coroner Robert Near ruled accidental death. In Troy area weekend crashes two more men died, Raymond Sour 24 of Lee Massachusetts and James Mulligan 20 of Albany. Weather and slick roads contributed to the crashes with numerous injuries and property damage.
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Kinderhook Lake
Stephen Gar Smith
Amy Susan
Arthur W. Smith
Niverville
Columbia County
Robert Near
Philmont
Smith
John Sneider
Siena College
George Miller
Amy
Steven
Troy
Acci
Newton Watts
Sour
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pittsfield
Mass
Frank Fizzinoglia
Bronx
Robert Ferrara
Fizzinoglia
Ferrara
Colonie
Joseph Wilson
Frank Plew
Mulligan
Albany-Shaker Road
Albany Memorial Hospital
Leo Sorel
Hugo Stefanazzi
Loudonville
Frank B. Mulligan
Two Cities Chart Record Snowfall Across New York
The winter storm set 24 hour snowfall records in Buffalo and Rochester while disabling transport, causing power outages and several deaths from heart attacks while people shoveled or cleared vehicles. City and state crews closed schools and opened Red Cross centers as New York faced widespread disruption.
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Buffalo
New York State
Rochester
Weather Bureau
Middleburg
Schoharie County
Niagara Falls
Lockport
Rondout
Ulster County
Lancaster
Staten Island
Red Cross
New York
John Lindsay
Brooklyn
New York City
Watertown
Air collision near Wagon Wheel Airport kills five
Five people died in a crash of two light planes near Wagon Wheel Airport Rockton Illinois. Beloit police said four occupants of one craft, a family, were killed and a boy was critically injured. The other plane had one occupant killed identified as Francis Perhault 28 of Chicago.
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Rockton
Wagon Wheel
Illinois
Beloit
Wis
Francis Perhault
Chicago
Indian Cabinet Holds Middle-Road Balance
Indira Gandhi announced a cabinet designed to balance continuity with change. Key posts stay with Nehru and Shastri appointees while Gandhi holds atomic energy. Ministers include Nanda in Home, Swaran Singh abroad, Chavan defense, Patil railways, Subramaniam food and agriculture, and Chaudhuri finance.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Shastri
Gandhi
Gulzari Lal Nanda
Nehru
Swaran Singh
Tashkent
Pakistan
Y. R. Chavan
Bombay
Congress waits record budget in Johnson push
Washington reports President Johnson submits a record 1967 budget of 112.8 billion as the Senate weighs the repeal of Taft Hartley section 14B amid a stiff filibuster. Senate leaders warn of a long, contested debate with a possible showdown after weeks of talks while the House holds no floor action this week.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate
House
Russel B. Long
D-La
Long
CBS
Nuclear weapon missing after B52 crash near Vera Spain
Offshore search in the Mediterranean reports locating an object believed to be a nuclear weapon missing since a U S B52 bomber crash near Vera Spain last Monday. Officials confirm recovery operations underway as 1 000 feet depth is reported midway between Garrucha and Aguilas with a US minesweeper and two Spanish fishing boats heading to the area. Helicopters and planes with radiation detectors sweep the sea four miles from the crash site.
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U. S
Periscope Local Bill Seeks Election Literature Reform
Brief item notes a Local Bill proposal on campaign literature with a reference to election materials. Mentions sports coverage on page 14 where Don Massengale wins the Crosby golf event. Also notes comics on page 7 featuring Snoopy runners.
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Don Massengale
Crosby
East Coast Storm Deluges With Snow and Flooding Impact
A severe storm roils the East Coast with heavy wet snow and freezing rain from Arkansas to New England. The system causes travel disruption, power failures, and flooding with evacuations including nearly 100 residents in New Jersey. The British tanker Chelwood Beacon fights 40 to 45 knot winds and 25 foot waves near New York as crews and evacuees flee Sandy Hook. Disaster areas are declared in Middletown Township as floodwaters rise. Temperature lows plunge across Minnesota and North Dakota overnight.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
New England
Chelwood Beacon
New York
Lower Bay
Sandy Hook
N.J
New Jersey
Middletown Township
Monmouth County
Roseau
Minn
Thief River Falls
Fumes Cause Fifteen Deaths at Mexican Ranch
Fifteen people died from carbon monoxide fumes from a gasoline operated generator at a ranch near Fresnillo Mexico. The victims were sleeping in a closed room where the generator ran during a wedding trip. Among the dead was the bride’s father.
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Fresnillo
Mexico
Here
Plane Crash Near Haiti Claims 30
A Haitian commercial DC3 on a scheduled flight from Port au Prince to Les Cayes and Jeremie crashed near Duchiti on the southwest coast, killing 50 including U N officials a Canadian priest a Baptist minister and a textile magnate. Five aboard survived. President Duvalier to issue a cause communiqué.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
U.N
Air Force
Georges Danache
Francois Duvalier
Roger Polgar
Eric Simonet
Raymond Favre
International Labor Organization
Allard
Robert Rocourt
Antoine Lage
Les Cayes
Jeremie
Duchiti
Artillery Short Kills Threesome In South Viet Nam
U S Marine artillery hit Viet Cong positions after the lunar new year cease-fire ended. A shell fell short in Le Son near Da Nang killing two women and a child, with two more civilians wounded. A Viet Cong assassin raid killed a youth cadre leader in the same area. B52s from Guam conducted overnight raids near the Cambodian border and along the South China Sea coast.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Luna
le Son
da Nang
Pacific
Guam
South China Sea
Hanoi
France recalls ambassador over Ben Barka case sparks Moroccan protest
Paris recalls its envoy Robert Gillet after Moroccan officials refuse to act against three officials linked to the Ben Barka kidnapping. Morocco's King Hassan II condemns the move as a Western maneuver against Morocco and recalls Prince Moulay Ali as ambassador.
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Paris
France
Morocco
Mehdi Ben Barka
Rabat
Hassan II
Moulay Ali
Robert Gillet
Ben Barka
Crash Kills Couple In Oswego County Route 13 Collision
Elmer Burdick and his wife Adel ia Burdick both of Richland were killed in a head on crash on Route 13 between here and Pulaski Oswego County.
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Altmar
N.Y
Elmer Burdick
Adelia
Richland
Here
Pulaski
Oswego
County
Hungarian Held As U S Agent
Hungarian police arrested a retired teacher in Budapest on charges of military espionage for the United States. The Interior Ministry identified the accused as Lajos Asboth, said to have been recruited by American intelligence during a stay in the West.
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Budapest
Hungary
United States
Interior Ministry
Laszlo Asboth
West
Democrats Propose State Lottery to Fund Education in 1966
Democrats outline a 1966 legislative program seeking a state lottery with proceeds for education, higher minimum wage to 1.50, divorce law revisions, and victim compensation. Gov opposition anticipated on several labor bills including unemployment and workers compensation increases as election year battles loom.
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Anthony J. Travia
Senate
Joseph Zaretzki
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